The second edition of the RAISE Summit opens this Tuesday, July 8 at the Carrousel du Louvre. Over two days, this key event in the tech landscape will bring together over 5,000 AI professionals, 1,500 companies And 250 international speakers around conferences, keynotes and hackathon.

On the program: in-depth debates, strategic exchanges, economic announcements, partnerships and collaboration opportunities; so many levers to accelerate innovation and structure a sovereign and responsible AI ecosystem.

Hadrian of Cournon, co-founder of Raise, gave us an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the event, its ambitions and the major challenges of this European summit.

A summit in the service of technological sovereignty

In a context of strong acceleration of AI deployments in Europe, the RAISE Summit intends to respond to a collective imperative: lay the foundations of an intelligentthis artificial being at once useful, responsible and strategic.

“RAISE is designed as a major international platform for artificial intelligence,” explains Hadrian of CournonIt takes up the missions of the first edition: "to advance the discussion on the subject of AI: its technological advances, its challenges, the questions of European and French sovereignty, and also to promote sustainable and responsible ethical AI with the ambition of bringing together, for this second edition, more than 6,000 people at the Carrousel du Louvre."

The objective : promote a global dialogue, an exchange of experiences and international cooperation on AI models, their uses, their risks, and above all on the shared responsibilities of this ecosystem to bring about concrete solutions.

World-renowned speakers

The RAISE Summit program features leading voices in global AI. Expected speakers include: Eric Schmidt (Relativity Space), Nikesh Arora (Palo Alto Networks), Thomas Wolf And Clement Delangue (Hugging Face), Tao Zhang (Manus IA), Guillaume Princen (Anthropic), Joelle Barral (Google DeepMind), but also Clara Chappaz, (Minister Delegate for AI and Digital), and Luc Julia, (Scientific Director of Renault).

Immersive formats to accelerate AI innovation

RAISE 2025 is distinguished by its action-oriented format through two major events: a AI hackathon that will bring together more than 10,000 people online and 300 people in person sponsored by META and GROQ as well as a startup competition with more than 700 participants.

“The hackathon and the Startup competition are today the two biggest events on their theme in the world,” emphasizes Hadrien de Cournon.

The hackathon and the startup competition are not just showcases: they are designed as operational springboards for bring out concrete solutionsNetworking, live demonstrations, pitch sessions and immersive side-events will also punctuate these two days, promoting meetings between researchers, large groups, startups, investors and institutions.

Why participate?

For businesses, the summit represents a strategic opportunity to:

  • Identify the Key AI trends in 2025,
  • Tie knots partnerships with major players,
  • Accelerate their innovation projects or transformation,
  • Discover the open source technologies of tomorrow,
  • Integrate a European community committed to trusted AI.

A springboard for the European AI ecosystem

More than an event, RAISE is designed as a lever of technological sovereigntyIt helps to make Europe a center of influence capable of defining its own standards, while highlighting the dynamism of French tech.

It is a unique space for dialogue between startups, large groups, researchers, investors and public decision-makers. "Nearly 70 % participants come from abroad, particularly from Western Europe and the United States.". recalls Hadrian of Cournon.

“Raise’s goal is really to represent the global AI ecosystem as fairly as possible, from emerging startups to large groups, including investors and regulators.”

“A very holistic event, with both economic and business announcements, RAISE aims to advance the debate and discussion on AI in a fairly transpartisan and impartial way.” Two days to take stock, draw inspiration, connect talents and outline the next steps for responsible, inclusive and sovereign artificial intelligence.

For more information: raisesummit.com